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Dennis Barsema
Preparing students well for success in their education and in their careers is a significant challenge in difficult times. NIU’s Dennis Barsema will join leaders and policy makers from universities, community colleges and industry for “From Classroom to Career: Collaborating for Student Success,” a half-day symposium with students and parents. Together, these 18 leaders will...
NIU President Doug Baker (left) and College of Lake County President Girard W. Weber sign an innovative reverse transfer agreement.
Flanked by students, Northern Illinois University President Doug Baker and College of Lake County President Girard W. Weber signed an innovative reverse transfer agreement during a Sept. 5 ceremony at NIU’s Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center. The agreement allows eligible NIU students who transferred from CLC without associate degrees to earn the two-year degree using credit from...
NIU President Doug Baker and Kishwaukee College President Tom Choice signed an innovative reverse transfer agreement during a Friday morning ceremony at Kishwaukee’s campus in Malta. The agreement allows eligible NIU students who transferred from Kishwaukee without associate’s degrees to earn the two-year degree using credit from NIU courses. “Postsecondary education is a powerful force...
Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon is flanked by NIU’s Anne Birberick and Jerry Montagat the Scaling Up conference in Bloomington, Ill.
Two best practices modeled by Northern Illinois University were part of the “College Completion Playbook”  unveiled by Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon during the two-day Scaling Up: Effective Practices in Higher Education conference in Bloomington, Ill. Building on her efforts to reduce costs and boost graduation rates at Illinois universities and community colleges, Simon’s guide collects the...
Noemi Rodriguez, Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon and Emily Prieto
Before Noemi Rodriguez began classes at NIU, she interned at Children’s Memorial Hospital. “I fell in love with the nurses at Children’s Memorial. I admired their work,” says Rodriguez, a sophomore nursing major from Chicago. “There are some respectable nurses, and there are bad nurses, and I will become a respectable nurse. I love the...
Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon
Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon will visit the NIU Latino Resource Center Friday, Nov. 16, as part of a statewide tour to promote affordable higher education. Simon, who is Gov. Pat Quinn’s point person on education reform, is urging state, federal and higher education leaders to work together to keep college affordable. Such collaboration could enable ...
Illinois Lt. Gov. Shelia Simon gives the Illinois Rural Champion Lifetime Achievement Award to NIU’s Normal Walzer.
Norman Walzer, senior research scholar at the NIU Center for Governmental Studies, is a recipient of the Illinois Rural Champion Lifetime Achievement Award from the Governor’s Rural Affairs Council. Illinois Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon presented the award to Walzer in Peoria at the Rural Community Economic Development Conference, during her Wednesday, March 7, remarks. Prior...
Photo of a man hanging his head over a pile of unpaid bills
In Springfield … On January 30, 2012, the Institute for Illinois’ Financial Sustainability at the Civic Federation issued a report, “State of Illinois FY2013 Budget Roadmap: State of Illinois Budget Overview, Projections and Recommendations for the Governor and General Assembly.” The report states that, “given rising Medicaid and pension costs and the scheduled partial sunset of...